Thursday, October 04, 2007

The Free-Burma.org protest site for bloggers was launched by two German college students. They got the idea from a multi-lingual Wiki page that was set up last month as a forum to allow participants around the world to brainstorm ideas on how to show support for the protesters in Burma.

The internet has been banned in Burma. Bloggers who recorded and posted about the regin's bloody crackdown on protest are in hiding - Bloggers who risked all to reveal the junta’s brutal crackdown in Burma There has been a flood of reports of alleged brutal killings, disappearances and arrests as the military in Myanmar stamped out the anti-government protests of the last week.

At least 1,000 people have been arrested in Yangon alone, the majority of them monks. Numerous key figures in the National League for Democracy, the main opposition party, and other activists are among those arrested.

Here are a few resources to help you find out more about the situation in Burma.

Deborah of Life in the Fast Lane has created a very comprehensive post as her contribution to this blogging for Burma day - Free Burma

There is also a petition that can be signed on the avaaz.org site - to be sent to the Chinese President and the UN Security Council urging them to push for the cessation of violence against peaceful protesters. (Thanks to my cousin from Tuco Tours for letting me know about this.)

Thursday, October 04, 2007

The Free-Burma.org protest site for bloggers was launched by two German college students. They got the idea from a multi-lingual Wiki page that was set up last month as a forum to allow participants around the world to brainstorm ideas on how to show support for the protesters in Burma.

The internet has been banned in Burma. Bloggers who recorded and posted about the regin's bloody crackdown on protest are in hiding - Bloggers who risked all to reveal the junta’s brutal crackdown in Burma There has been a flood of reports of alleged brutal killings, disappearances and arrests as the military in Myanmar stamped out the anti-government protests of the last week.

At least 1,000 people have been arrested in Yangon alone, the majority of them monks. Numerous key figures in the National League for Democracy, the main opposition party, and other activists are among those arrested.

Here are a few resources to help you find out more about the situation in Burma.

Deborah of Life in the Fast Lane has created a very comprehensive post as her contribution to this blogging for Burma day - Free Burma

There is also a petition that can be signed on the avaaz.org site - to be sent to the Chinese President and the UN Security Council urging them to push for the cessation of violence against peaceful protesters. (Thanks to my cousin from Tuco Tours for letting me know about this.)